Through a process called metastasis a malignant tumor's cells will eventually break off, travel throughout the body, and begin forming tumors in other regions.
But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.
According to a study published in the journal Cell, the compounds successfully removed deadly strains of bacteria in mice which are resistant to all known antibiotics.
It involves taking a rat kidney and stripping it of its cells, leaving a shell which's then relined with renewed cells from newborn rats and blood vessel running cells from human donors.
In the case of the Spanish flu, the cells of infected younger patients released a deleterious excess of cytokines, leading to excessive inflammation of the lungs, and more importantly, tissue necrosis.
Sleep helps these cells grow and connect, so if we think of our brain as a tree, sleep is like the miracle grow, and while we sleep, all the tiny branches will grow and flourish.
The only cells it really infects are what we call respiratory epithelial cells, a one-cell layer of cells that kind of protect the breathing tubes and the lungs, all the way down to the bottom, where we have air sacs.
A hundred million new cells are born every minute, and a hundred million old cells are destroyed. It's actually the breakdown products of these red blood cells that turn your bruises and urine yellow.